Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Qian Renxue wakes in an unfamiliar mountain forest, physically reduced to six years old and without the strength she remembers. A Fallen Soul Master, Li Wu, pursues her, hoping to devour her flesh and exploit her exceptional talent.
• Unable to fight back without a soul ring, Qian Renxue runs until she reaches a cliff and leaps. Her six-winged angel martial soul manifests, letting her glide safely—but Li Wu identifies the legendary martial soul and reveals that the Spirit Hall was destroyed ten thousand years ago.
• Shocked by this revelation, Qian Renxue loses focus. Li Wu blasts her with his second soul skill, sending her into the river below, then goes to search for her.
• Three hours later, orphaned village boy Chen An, a reincarnated former university graduate, laments that he cannot awaken his martial soul because he cannot afford the fee. He wants to become a Soul Master, avenge his parents’ deaths at an Evil Soul Master’s hands, and rise to the peak.
• Chen An spots Qian Renxue in the river, rescues her, and secretly takes her home to treat her. That evening, she wakes in his house.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Renxue shifts from humiliation and panic to determined survival, relying on her experience and the power of her angel martial soul. The news about the Spirit Hall and Tang San leaves her deeply disoriented; her distraction gives Li Wu an opening to strike.
• Li Wu is driven by greed and ambition: he sees Qian Renxue as a chance to evolve his martial soul and gain power. Even after learning who she is, he decides to kill and devour her.
• Chen An is resourceful, ambitious, and practical. Though poor and constrained by the cost of awakening, he still risks rescuing Qian Renxue, while also recognizing that her fine clothes and soul-tool ring may connect her to powerful people.
• The chapter’s central interaction sets up a meeting between the displaced Qian Renxue and Chen An, who has no idea who she is.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Qian Renxue’s legendary potential cannot protect her while she lacks the tools to use it.
• Ambition and survival: Both Qian Renxue and Chen An are determined to escape helplessness, while Li Wu’s ambition takes a predatory form.
• A changed world: The fall of the Spirit Hall and the passage of ten thousand years overturn Qian Renxue’s assumptions about history and power.
• Class and access: In the new era, awakening a martial soul costs money, placing the path to power beyond the reach of ordinary people like Chen An.

Plot points

• Qian Renxue wakes badly injured after being thrown from a cliff by a Fallen Soul Master. She discovers that she has reverted to the body of a six-year-old.
• Chen An, a village boy, explains that he rescued her from a river and treated her wound with herbs. He introduces himself and tells her they are in Qinghe Village.
• Qian Renxue hides her identity, giving her name as “Ren Xue” and inviting Chen An to call her Xue’er.
• As they talk, Chen An reveals that his parents were killed by an Evil Soul Master and that he has never awakened his martial soul because he cannot afford to hire a Soul Master.
• Alarmed by this unfamiliar custom and by the Fallen Soul Master’s claims, Qian Renxue asks Chen An to recount history. He tells her that Tang San defeated and killed her and her mother, Spirit Hall was branded evil and its former grounds became Shrek Academy, and Shrek later led the continent against the invading Sun Moon Empire.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Renxue moves from fearful vigilance to trusting Chen An after learning he saved her. She conceals who she is while trying to learn what became of Spirit Hall, which she regards as home. Chen An’s account leaves her stunned and grief-stricken.
• Chen An is presented as a kind, capable village child: he rescues and treats Qian Renxue, but carries the grief of losing his parents. He sees her as an ordinary girl, unaware of her real identity.
• Both children carefully play the roles of innocents. Though each has a much more complicated past and outlook than their appearance suggests, neither recognizes the truth about the other.

Significant themes

• The chapter contrasts appearance and identity: two children conceal mature minds and important histories behind youthful exteriors.
• Loss and insecurity shape both characters—Qian Renxue is displaced and vulnerable, while Chen An is orphaned.
• Qian Renxue’s search for the truth raises questions of historical memory and victors’ narratives, as Spirit Hall is condemned and Shrek’s rise is celebrated.

Key plot points and events

• After hearing how Spirit Hall was destroyed and its legacy absorbed by Shrek Academy, Qian Renxue vows to restore Spirit Hall, reclaim its resources, and provide free martial-soul awakenings to children from ordinary families.
• Chen An is unaware that the injured girl he rescued is the long-dead Qian Renxue. When she faints from exhaustion and emotion, he checks that she is stable, then returns to trying to awaken his own martial soul.
• Chen An senses a powerful force within himself but cannot draw it out. He considers using a dangerous life-or-death crisis to trigger an awakening.
• Qian Renxue wakes and recognizes that Chen An is close to awakening: he needs an outside stimulus. Grateful to him and hoping to recruit him for her future plans, she offers to help.
• Qian Renxue channels soul power into Chen An’s dantian, and his martial soul awakens.

Character developments

• Qian Renxue turns her anger over Spirit Hall’s fate into a clear mission: rebuild the institution and pursue revenge against Tang San and Shrek Academy. She also begins looking for allies.
• Chen An is revealed as unusually determined and ambitious for a six-year-old, willing to take risks rather than accept an ordinary life. He remains unaware of Qian Renxue’s true identity.

Significant themes

• Legacy and historical injustice: Qian Renxue sees Spirit Hall’s defeat as a wrong to be corrected.
• Ambition and perseverance: Both characters value striving for power and purpose, though Qian Renxue believes ambition must be supported by ability.
• Reciprocity and alliance: Qian Renxue’s gratitude toward Chen An becomes an opening for a partnership.
• Risk versus safety: Chen An considers a dangerous awakening method, while Qian Renxue provides a more controlled alternative.

Character interactions

• Chen An recounts history to Qian Renxue, unintentionally provoking her vow to rebuild Spirit Hall.
• Chen An cares for Qian Renxue after she collapses, while misreading her identity and reaction.
• Qian Renxue observes Chen An’s determination, admires his potential, and helps awaken his martial soul—both repaying her debt and seeking a future ally.

Key plot points and events

• Prompted by Qian Renxue, Chen An’s dormant martial soul awakens in a burst of gold-and-silver energy, forming a towering image of Chen An himself.
• His awakening grants him innate full soul power at level ten and spiritual strength that Qian Renxue judges comparable to a Soul Elder’s—and greater than her own.
• Chen An recognizes his martial soul as True Self: a body martial soul encompassing both his physical form and his spirit. He believes its scope gives it exceptional potential.
• The awakening strengthens and refines his body and senses, leaving him feeling as though he has evolved beyond ordinary human limits.
• Inspired by his newfound potential, Chen An resolves to rise to the peak of the Soul Master world, become a god, and pursue immortality. His immediate next goal is to obtain a first soul ring by hunting a soul beast.
• Qian Renxue asks what he awakened, then offers to recruit him, promising advanced cultivation methods and personal guidance.

Character developments

• Chen An moves from awakening his power to recognizing its extraordinary promise. His excitement develops into a clear, ambitious vision of supremacy and godhood.
• Qian Renxue is astonished by Chen An’s power and becomes more determined to bring him into her service.

Significant themes

• Innate talent and destiny: Martial soul and soul power are presented as major determinants of a person’s prospects.
• Selfhood and transcendence: Chen An’s martial soul is literally his whole self—body and spirit—and its awakening feels like a transformation into something greater.
• Ambition and power: Chen An sees his awakening as the first step toward ultimate status, while Qian Renxue sees his potential as a valuable recruit.

Character interactions

• Qian Renxue’s stimulation helps trigger Chen An’s awakening, and she watches in shock as his power emerges.
• She questions him about the unusual humanoid martial soul; Chen An explains that it is called True Self.
• Recognizing his potential, Qian Renxue immediately offers to mentor and recruit him.

Plot points and events

• Qian Renxue tries to recruit Chen An, but he refuses. When he asks about her background, she remembers Spirit Hall has been destroyed and is visibly saddened.
• Chen An comforts her. Qian Renxue resolves to win him over once her injuries heal and hopes he will help rebuild Spirit Hall.
• Meanwhile, Evil Soul Master Li Wu tracks Qian Renxue to Chen An’s home using her scent.
• Qian Renxue teaches Chen An a high-quality meditation method. Just as she warns him to follow its energy route carefully, Chen An senses danger and pulls her off the bed moments before Li Wu’s attack destroys it.
• Li Wu enters and targets Qian Renxue. Though injured, she offers to draw his attention so Chen An can escape. Chen An instead judges Li Wu’s strength and prepares to fight, ending the chapter by challenging him.

Character developments

• Chen An shows compassion toward Qian Renxue and eagerly learns from her, while his unusual physical and spiritual strength gives him confidence against Li Wu.
• Qian Renxue shifts from confident recruiter to vulnerable survivor, but retains her pride and determination to rebuild Spirit Hall. Her willingness to protect Chen An shows her concern for him.
• Li Wu is established as a persistent, predatory threat, pursuing Qian Renxue for her six-winged angel Martial Soul.

Significant themes

• Trust and loyalty: Qian Renxue offers Chen An knowledge despite his refusal to join her.
• Resilience after loss: She continues to envision rebuilding Spirit Hall despite its destruction.
• Innate ability versus resources: Chen An recognizes his talent but believes better nourishment and training could have made him stronger.
• Courage and self-reliance: Rather than flee, Chen An chooses to confront a dangerous attacker.

Character interactions

• Chen An’s kindness comforts Qian Renxue, though he privately thinks of her as “such a nice girl.”
• Qian Renxue teaches Chen An and warns him about the risks of misusing the meditation method.
• When Li Wu attacks, Qian Renxue tries to protect Chen An by offering herself as a distraction; Chen An rejects the idea and faces Li Wu.

Key plot points and events

• Chen An taunts Li Wu, an Evil Soul Master, for being an unimpressive two-ring Soul Grandmaster. Li Wu, furious at the insult and resentful of talented people, vows to kill Chen An and Qian Renxue.
• Li Wu activates his white soul ring and transforms into a werewolf, lunging at Chen An.
• Chen An counters with the power of his recently awakened True Self martial soul. His enhanced strength, spiritual perception, reflexes, and bodily control let him read Li Wu’s movements and evade his claws.
• Chen An strikes Li Wu in the groin, then follows with an uppercut that sends him crashing into a wall. Li Wu is badly hurt and breaks down in tears.

Character developments

• Chen An shows fearless, battle-hungry confidence despite being only six years old. He sees the fight as the first step on his path to power and demonstrates that his martial soul makes him physically formidable even without soul rings.
• Qian Renxue is astonished by Chen An’s strength and considers him stronger than she is for now. She reassures herself that her Six-Winged Angel martial soul will prove superior once she absorbs soul rings and can use its full abilities.
• Li Wu’s insecurity and hatred of being called worthless drive him into a reckless attack. His confidence in his superiority collapses when Chen An defeats him.

Significant themes

• Power and ambition: Chen An views conflict as a means of rising to the top.
• Talent versus experience and rank: Despite Li Wu’s greater Soul Master rank, Chen An’s innate abilities and tactical awareness give him the advantage.
• Pride and insecurity: Li Wu’s wounded pride fuels his violence, while Qian Renxue’s belief in her martial soul’s supremacy reflects her own confidence and competitiveness.

Character interactions

• Chen An deliberately provokes Li Wu, turning the Evil Soul Master’s resentment against him.
• Chen An protects himself and Qian Renxue by confronting Li Wu directly and overpowering him.
• Qian Renxue silently watches Chen An’s performance, admires his abilities, and privately compares their martial souls.

Key plot points and events

• Chen An initially gains the advantage over Li Wu, but Li Wu recovers and uses his Soul Skills to overpower him, injuring his shoulder.
• Qian Renxue, unable to stand by as Chen An is driven back, reveals her Six-Winged Angel’s innate Angel Domain.
• The domain strengthens Chen An while weakening Li Wu and eroding his Soul Power, with an especially severe effect on the Evil Soul Master.
• Chen An exploits the shift in the fight, burns Li Wu with a sacredly empowered strike, then kills him by tearing out his heart.
• Afterward, Chen An notices Qian Renxue’s angelic Martial Soul and domain and begins to suspect her origins. Qian Renxue, in turn, worries that the era may be hostile to her kind and plans to ask him to keep her identity secret.
• The chapter ends with Zhang Lexuan of Shrek Academy’s Inspection Corps arriving at Qinghe Village. Her mission is to kill Li Wu—unaware that Chen An and Qian Renxue have already done so.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An remains decisive and ruthless in combat, pressing his advantage without hesitation. Though initially outmatched, he adapts quickly once Qian Renxue intervenes.
• Qian Renxue puts survival ahead of secrecy, revealing her Angel Domain to save Chen An. The two effectively fight as allies, while each privately considers what the other’s actions and identity might mean.
• Li Wu shifts from injured and enraged to ferocious, briefly gaining the upper hand before the Angel Domain strips away his advantage. His defeat demonstrates how badly it can undermine an Evil Soul Master.
• Zhang Lexuan’s arrival sets up a likely encounter with the pair and a complication over the completed mission.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and trust: Qian Renxue’s intervention turns the fight, despite the risks of exposing herself.
• Power and its counters: The Angel Domain’s combined boost, suppression, and purification abilities reshape the battle.
• Identity and secrecy: Qian Renxue’s revealed Martial Soul raises questions about her lineage and whether she can safely disclose who she is.
• Justice and consequences: Chen An’s swift execution of Li Wu ends the immediate threat, while Zhang Lexuan’s arrival hints at questions about responsibility for the kill.

Plot points and events

• After Chen An kills the Evil Soul Master Li Wu, he recognizes that Qian Renxue has a six-winged angel martial soul. He assumes she is a descendant of the famed Qian Renxue and understands that her identity could make her a target.
• Chen An reassures her that he won’t judge her or reveal her secret, and praises Spirit Hall for helping commoners awaken their martial souls.
• He calls them friends and suggests they deal with Li Wu’s corpse. Qian Renxue dislikes the idea of handling it.
• Zhang Lexuan, tracking Li Wu, arrives at Chen An’s home. She identifies herself as a member of Shrek Academy’s Inspection Corps and asks to search the house. Chen An recognizes her authority and responds with exaggerated admiration.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An shows compassion and political awareness, interpreting Qian Renxue’s situation through the history of Spirit Hall and the Angel Clan. He treats her as an equal, despite her status, and calls her a friend. Once Zhang Lexuan arrives, he quickly shifts to cautious deference.
• Qian Renxue is surprised by Chen An’s understanding and kindness. The idea of friendship is new to her; his sincerity moves her, and she happily accepts him as a friend. She also reveals a sheltered side by recoiling from the corpse.
• Zhang Lexuan appears as a composed, gentle but formidable investigator, impressed that Chen An noticed her approach.

Significant themes

• Friendship and trust: Chen An’s offer of friendship gives Qian Renxue a connection beyond the obedience and hierarchy she knows.
• Prejudice and historical legacy: Chen An rejects the condemnation of Spirit Hall and sympathizes with those persecuted for their angel martial souls.
• Pragmatism and power: Chen An is compassionate toward Qian Renxue but realistic about the danger posed by a powerful Shrek investigator.

Key plot points and events

• Zhang Lexuan, an eighteen-year-old rank-65 Soul Emperor from Shrek Academy, visits Chen An’s damaged home and finds the corpse of Evil Soul Master Li Wu.
• Chen An claims he killed Li Wu alone, but Zhang Lexuan reads the evidence and realizes two people fought him, including someone with holy-attribute power.
• Qian Renxue corrects Chen An, saying they killed Li Wu together. Zhang Lexuan doubts that two apparently six-year-old, rank-ten children could defeat a Soul Grandmaster, but grows intrigued by the possibility that they are exceptional, undiscovered talents.
• Chen An reveals that his martial soul is “his true self.” When he summons it, Zhang Lexuan recognizes an exceptionally rare and powerful body martial soul and immediately considers recruiting him for Shrek—partly to prevent the rival Body Sect from gaining him.
• Zhang asks about Qian Renxue’s holy martial soul. Qianrenxue calls it the “holy swan” and summons a golden swan, leaving Chen An stunned because he believed her martial soul was a six-winged angel.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An tries to conceal what happened but is quickly outmatched by Zhang Lexuan’s discernment. He obeys her questions while worrying that Qian Renxue’s true identity and martial soul may put her in danger.
• Qian Renxue stays composed and carefully presents a safer identity, concealing her six-winged angel martial soul behind the claim that it is a holy swan.
• Zhang Lexuan comes across as gentle but perceptive, authoritative, and fiercely loyal to Shrek Academy. Her curiosity turns into a determined interest in securing Chen An for the academy.
• Chen An and Qian Renxue’s recently formed bond is evident in their shared account of the battle and Chen An’s concern for her safety.

Significant themes

• Concealment and deception: Chen An and Qian Renxue manage what they reveal, while Zhang Lexuan sees through parts of their story.
• Exceptional talent and institutional rivalry: Chen An’s rare martial soul makes him valuable, and Shrek’s hostility toward the Body Sect shapes Zhang’s intentions.
• Trust forged through danger: Their shared fight has made Chen An regard Qian Renxue as a friend, even after knowing her only briefly.

Plot points and events

• Qian Renxue reveals her sacred swan martial soul, whose brilliant light fills the room. She explains that her inherited Soul Bone grants Dual Disguise, allowing her to hide her appearance and voice as well as her martial soul and Soul Rings.
• Because the sacred swan resembles the six-winged angel, Qian Renxue believes her disguise is especially convincing—even while fighting.
• Zhang Lexuan admires Ren Xue’s beauty and martial soul, though she considers Chen An’s True Self martial soul far rarer and more powerful.
• Chen An is relieved that Ren Xue can conceal her angel martial soul from Shrek’s Inspection Corps. He privately suspects she may possess an inherited Soul Bone, but does not realize she is Qian Renxue from the past.
• When Zhang Lexuan asks about Chen An’s family, he says his parents were killed by an Evil Soul Master two years earlier. His loss reminds Zhang Lexuan of her own family’s murder.
• Zhang Lexuan invites Chen An to join Shrek Academy, promising that the academy will nurture his exceptional talent. Chen An knows the Body Sect may suit him better, but fears that refusing Shrek could provoke forceful retaliation.

Character development and interactions

• Qian Renxue gains a powerful means of protecting her identity and keeping her angel heritage hidden.
• Chen An remains outwardly composed while weighing his options; his fear of Shrek’s influence conflicts with his knowledge that another sect may better serve him.
• Zhang Lexuan shows compassion toward Chen An, connecting with him through their shared experience of losing their parents. Her own past has left her deeply loyal to Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan affectionately pinches Ren Xue’s cheeks, praises her, and then turns her attention to Chen An’s potential and future.

Significant themes

• Concealment and identity: Ren Xue’s disguise lets her hide a powerful lineage, while Chen An’s assumptions prevent him from recognizing who she is.
• Loss and belonging: Both Chen An and Zhang Lexuan carry the trauma of murdered parents; Shrek offers Zhang Lexuan a substitute family and a place to repay her debt.
• Talent and power: Chen An’s rare potential makes him valuable to Shrek, raising questions about whether the academy’s offer is purely benevolent.
• Choice under pressure: Chen An’s decision about where to study is constrained by fear as much as by personal preference.

Plot points and events

• Chen An accepts Zhang Lexuan’s invitation to join Shrek Academy, reasoning that he should stay safe and grow stronger before deciding his own future. Zhang gives him a ten-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool bracelet and teaches him how to use it.
• Zhang largely ignores Qian Renxue, offering her only a basic invitation and no special resources. Qian is angered by the unequal treatment but decides to join Shrek anyway, planning to infiltrate it, influence Chen An, and eventually rebuild Spirit Hall.
• Zhang destroys the dead Evil Soul Master Li Wu’s corpse and takes Chen An and Qian Renxue toward Shrek. Before leaving, Chen An helps his village: he arranges for villagers who aided him to move to the city, gives them money, and has martial souls awakened for the village children.
• Two days later, in the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhang defeats a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. She has Chen An deliver the final blow so he can absorb its purple soul ring.
• In the forest’s core region, Xiong Jun senses the death of his descendant and roars in fury. A captive, round silkworm notices the guard’s distraction and sees an opportunity to escape.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An is cautious and pragmatic, accepting Shrek’s offer without surrendering his longer-term independence. He also shows gratitude and loyalty to his village.
• Zhang Lexuan becomes warmly protective of Chen An, treating him like family and helping him obtain his first soul ring. Her attention to him leaves Qian Renxue feeling slighted.
• Qian Renxue shifts from resentment to calculated strategy: she joins Shrek not out of trust, but to undermine it from within and draw Chen An toward her cause.
• Xiong Jun is enraged by the bear’s death, while the silkworm sees his distraction as a chance to act.

Significant themes

• Power and autonomy: Chen An accepts temporary protection while hoping to gain the strength to choose his own path.
• Loyalty and gratitude: His help to Qinghe Village shows that his success does not erase his ties to those who supported him.
• Rivalry and unequal treatment: Zhang’s attention to Chen An fuels Qian Renxue’s resentment and schemes.
• Strategy versus strength: Qian Renxue recognizes Shrek’s overwhelming power and chooses infiltration over direct confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• In the Great Ferocious Land, Xiong Jun grieves the apparent death of his offspring and unleashes a destructive rampage. The Myriad Demon King calms him by warning that disturbing Di Tian’s seclusion would be dangerous.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly reveals he has surpassed the million-year bottleneck. Using his enhanced concealment and Simulation ability, he leaves a convincing duplicate and escapes underground. Xiong Jun discovers the deception too late and cannot track him.
• In the Star Dou Forest’s Mixed Zone, Chen An absorbs a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear soul ring. Despite its violent energy, his unusually powerful body and mental strength let him endure the process, raising his soul power to level thirteen.
• Chen An’s first soul skill, Dark Gold Transformation, greatly boosts his strength, defense, explosive power, and resistance to abnormal effects, though it steadily consumes soul power.
• While examining the bear’s corpse, Chen An discovers and absorbs a rare external soul bone from its right claw. The fusion raises his soul power to level fifteen.
• As Zhang Lexuan hurries Chen An and Qian Renxue away from the dangerous forest, the escaped Sky Dream Ice Silkworm—calling himself Tian Meng—senses Chen An’s mental attribute and extraordinary potential, and realizes he may be the soul master he needs.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An demonstrates remarkable durability and growth, absorbing a thousand-year ring at his first soul-ring level and gaining a powerful body-enhancing skill and an external soul bone.
• Zhang Lexuan guides Chen An through the absorption, protects him from attacking beasts, and urges caution despite his success. She wants to get him to Shrek Academy for safety.
• Qian Renxue celebrates Chen An’s gains and sees his growing strength as useful to their future plans. She is also eager to absorb her second soul ring, but wants to conceal how quickly she has reached the level-twenty bottleneck.
• Xiong Jun shifts from rage to embarrassed panic when he discovers the silkworm has escaped. The Myriad Demon King manages him by appealing to his fear of Di Tian and reminding him of his duty.
• Tian Meng moves from captive to potential partner for Chen An, driven by his approaching lifespan’s end and need to fuse with a mentally gifted soul master.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: Strength helps characters escape danger, but caution and concealment are equally important.
• Hidden potential and transformation: Chen An’s exceptional body and Tian Meng’s breakthrough let both exceed expectations and change their prospects.
• Loyalty and ambition: Qian Renxue’s support for Chen An is tied to their shared plans, while she remains confident in her own superiority.
• Irony and deception: Xiong Jun’s overwhelming power is useless against Tian Meng’s convincing illusion and carefully timed escape.

Key plot points and events

• Tian Meng, the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, identifies six-year-old Chen An as an ideal host because of his exceptional physique and mental power. His arrival comes six years earlier than in the original timeline, though Chen An does not know why.
• Tian Meng’s mental shock briefly incapacitates Zhang Lexuan and Qian Renxue, but Chen An remains conscious.
• With Xiong Jun and the other ferocious beasts apparently discovering his escape, Tian Meng hurries to make Chen An his host. He merges his ice-attribute origin and spiritual power into Chen An, creating a second, ice-attribute martial soul and a million-year Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng seals most of his spiritual origin in ten golden spheres in Chen An’s Sea of Consciousness. A portion of the first sphere flows into Chen An, raising his mental power to roughly Soul King level despite his rank-fifteen cultivation.
• Tian Meng explains that his sealed reserves could eventually raise ten soul rings to the hundred-thousand-year level, strengthen Chen An’s mental power enormously, and grant four soul skills through the ring.
• When Chen An asks why a supposedly powerful soul beast was captured, Tian Meng admits that the ferocious beasts drained him for ten thousand years. He tearfully urges Chen An to avenge him.

Character developments

• Chen An moves from startled recognition to eager acceptance of an extraordinary opportunity. He remains composed, quickly grasps the limits of what his body can endure, and thinks strategically about strengthening his physique and Sea of Consciousness.
• Tian Meng is boastful and self-important, yet also anxious to protect his chosen host. His pride gives way to embarrassment when questioned about his capture, then to genuine grief over his long captivity.

Character interactions

• Tian Meng flatters and reassures Chen An before offering himself as a soul ring; Chen An responds with admiration but also probes Tian Meng’s claims.
• Tian Meng considers reading Chen An’s memories, but refrains rather than risk harming him.
• After the merger, Tian Meng explains the seals and the benefits of his power, while Chen An listens and assesses how to use it safely.

Significant themes

• Opportunity and ambition: Chen An sees Tian Meng’s arrival as a major shortcut toward his goal of becoming a god.
• Power and restraint: Tian Meng’s immense spiritual energy must be sealed because Chen An cannot yet withstand it.
• Trust and obligation: Tian Meng entrusts his power and future to Chen An, while seeking a promise of revenge.
• Comic contrast: Tian Meng’s grand claims clash with his plump appearance, boastful manner, and humiliating history.

Key events

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explains why he chose Chen An: his million-year lifespan is ending, and he hopes to nurture a human into a god. If Chen An reaches godhood, Sky Dream can gain eternal life as his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Chen An is energized by the opportunity and believes his talent, true-self martial soul, and Sky Dream’s gifts give him a strong path toward becoming a god—provided he proceeds carefully.
• Chen An tells Sky Dream about his life, withholding only memories of his previous life. He shares openly because their fates are now linked and he wants a foundation of trust.
• Sky Dream is shocked to learn that Chen An’s companion, Ren Xue, has a six-winged angel martial soul. He recalls Di Tian saying that Qian Renxue had no direct descendants and that the angel martial soul had disappeared with her.
• Chen An wonders about Ren Xue’s origins, but decides her mysterious background does not diminish their real experiences or bond.
• Sky Dream explains that Chen An’s second martial soul is currently formless ice. Its eventual form will depend on the ice-attribute soul beast whose ring Chen An absorbs first.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An grows more confident in his ambition to become a god, while choosing patience and caution over reckless advancement. His willingness to be honest with Sky Dream shows that he values mutual trust.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reveals his desperate hope for survival and commits himself to Chen An’s growth. Though he respects Di Tian’s testimony, he does not assume Chen An is lying.
• Their relationship shifts toward a partnership: each needs the other, and both understand that their futures are bound together.
• Chen An’s response to Ren Xue’s unexplained lineage shows loyalty and trust; he chooses not to interrogate her past.

Significant themes

• Shared ambition and mutual dependence: Chen An seeks godhood, while Sky Dream seeks immortality through him.
• Trust and honesty: Their alliance depends on openness and wholehearted support.
• Identity and origins: Ren Xue’s angel martial soul raises questions about her ancestry, but the chapter suggests that personal bonds need not depend on knowing someone’s origins.
• Potential shaped by choices: Chen An’s ice martial soul has no fixed form yet; his first ice-attribute soul-ring choice will determine what it becomes.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm proposes the nearly 400,000-year-old Ice Empress as the soul beast for Chen An’s second martial soul, promising to take him to the Far North once he reaches Soul Grandmaster.
• Chen An privately hesitates. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion would greatly boost his power later, but would slow his cultivation from levels 30 to 70—and he suspects it may be weaker than his true-self martial soul. He politely agrees with Sky Dream while keeping his options open.
• After their mental conversation ends, Chen An returns to his body with heightened perception from his increased spiritual power. Sky Dream’s million-year shed husk attaches to his chest, concealed like ordinary skin.
• Electrolux is nowhere to be found. Chen An reflects that his early arrival may have changed events, but resolves not to dwell on the disappointment.
• The mental shock caused by Sky Dream’s arrival fades, restoring Qian Renxue and Zhang Lexuan. Qian Renxue senses that something powerful has affected the forest and becomes wary.
• Dozens of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts emerge from the core. Sky Dream realizes they have discovered his disappearance and warns that their search could trigger a beast tide.
• Zhang Lexuan immediately grabs Chen An and Qian Renxue and tries to flee. Soul beasts pursue and surround them, slowing their escape; the chapter ends with them trapped in the Mixed Zone, dangerously close to the forest’s core.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen An shows ambition and a strong preference for rapid cultivation. He weighs the Ice Empress’s future benefits against her immediate drawback, concealing his doubts from Sky Dream to avoid confronting his devotion to her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm remains intensely infatuated with the Ice Empress and is eager to arrange Chen An’s meeting with her. He also acts protectively when the ferocious beasts begin searching for him.
• Chen An and Sky Dream communicate mentally, allowing a lengthy discussion to pass almost instantly in the outside world.
• Chen An is briefly disappointed by Electrolux’s absence but quickly regains his resolve, recognizing how fortunate he is to have gained Sky Dream.
• Qian Renxue reacts cautiously to the unexplained silence and immense spiritual shock, reflecting her insecurity in an unfamiliar future.
• Zhang Lexuan responds decisively to the threat, taking responsibility for Chen An and Qian Renxue and attempting to lead them to safety.

Significant themes

• Power versus cost: The Ice Empress offers immense strength, but Chen An is reluctant to accept a power that compromises his growth.
• Changed fate: Chen An’s early arrival has disrupted the expected timeline, leaving familiar events—and Electrolux’s whereabouts—uncertain.
• Ambition and restraint: Chen An thinks ahead about how to reach the pinnacle of soul-mastery, while keeping his options open rather than committing too early.
• Escalating danger: A private gain for Chen An—the acquisition of Sky Dream—has wider consequences, potentially provoking a catastrophic beast tide.

Plot points and events

• A sudden soul-beast uprising sweeps through the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone, forcing four Heaven Dou Empire-raised sworn brothers—three Soul Saints and a nearly-Soul-Saint—to fight their way out.
• Zhang Feng, their leader, uses his Martial Soul Avatar and devastating White Lion Roar to clear a path. Song Yu heals him, while the group’s support, defensive, and speed-based abilities enable their escape.
• Near the forest’s outer region, they spot Shrek Inspection Corps member Zhang Lexuan trapped with Chen An and Ren Xue. Though the four resent the Corps for enforcing its rules on nobles and officials, Sun Menghan notices Chen An’s True Self body martial soul.
• As a Body Sect disciple, Sun Menghan believes Chen An belongs with the sect and may be capable of inheriting its master Du Busi’s legacy. He persuades the others to help by promising the Body Sect may reward them richly.
• While Zhang Lexuan weakens under the beasts’ attack, Chen An kills a Black Tiger with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw. Preparing to rely on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for an escape, he instead sees the four men arrive.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Feng is forceful and battle-worn, but trusts his brothers’ coordination and accepts Song Yu’s healing.
• Sun Menghan shifts from concern about the trapped group to intense excitement over Chen An’s potential, framing the rescue as both sect duty and an opportunity.
• Zhang Feng and the others initially regard the Shrek Inspection Corps with hostility, but the prospect of saving a rare Body Sect talent—and earning rewards—overcomes their reluctance.
• Zhang Lexuan is nearing exhaustion and considers escaping without the two children if help does not arrive. Chen An remains alert and capable, though he recognizes their dire odds.

Significant themes

• Institutional conflict: Shrek’s enforcement of justice clashes with the authority and pride of the kingdoms’ ruling classes.
• Power, talent, and obligation: Chen An’s rare martial soul makes him valuable to the Body Sect, whose claim that all body martial soul masters are “one family” blurs the line between protection and ownership.
• Loyalty and self-interest: The four brothers act as a united team, while Sun Menghan’s rescue appeal combines genuine sect loyalty with hopes for personal advancement.
• Survival and cooperation: In the forest, coordinated abilities and timely intervention are essential to overcoming superior numbers.

Key plot points and events

• Sun Menghan and three powerful companions arrive to rescue Chen An from a swarm of soul beasts. Sun’s bronze-level second awakening of his body martial soul greatly amplifies his strength, while the others provide powerful attacks and protection. Together, they drive off the beasts and devastate the surrounding forest.
• Chen An realizes the strangers are protecting him because he has a body martial soul. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who had considered intervening, is relieved to conserve his energy and celebrates Chen An’s good fortune.
• After the fight, Sun notices Chen An’s dark-gold claw blades—an exceptionally valuable external soul bone—and decides Chen An would make an ideal future leader for the Body Sect.
• Zhang Lexuan identifies the newcomers as Body Sect members and thanks them while invoking Shrek Academy’s prestige. Sun barely acknowledges her, instead introducing Chen An to the Body Sect and inviting him to join.
• Zhang Lexuan objects that Chen An already belongs to Shrek Academy. Sun rejects her claim, insisting that people with body martial souls belong to the Body Sect. He and his companions move to seize Chen An, forcing Zhang Lexuan back.
• As Zhang Lexuan watches helplessly, a disheveled old man carrying a wine gourd and chewing a chicken leg appears before her.

Character developments and interactions

• Sun Menghan shifts from a devastating fighter to a warm, paternal recruiter when speaking to Chen An. His belief that Chen An should join the Body Sect quickly becomes possessive and coercive.
• Zhang Lexuan remains protective and diplomatic at first, but becomes openly alarmed when Sun dismisses Shrek Academy and attempts to take Chen An by force.
• Chen An is grateful to his rescuers but is caught between powerful groups competing for him.
• Qian Renxue recognizes that the Body Sect saved them because of Chen An and privately resents their interest, thinking of him as belonging to Spirit Hall—and to her.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is delighted that others handled the danger, preserving his strength for his plan involving the Ice Empress.
• Sun’s companions help him overpower the beasts and then restrain Zhang Lexuan, making the rescue turn into a confrontation.

Significant themes

• Power and martial-soul identity: Body martial souls’ second awakenings explain the Body Sect’s exceptional strength and influence.
• Protection turning into possession: The Body Sect saves Chen An, then treats his body martial soul as grounds to claim him.
• Competing institutions: Shrek Academy and the Body Sect clash over Chen An’s future, with Spirit Hall also represented through Qian Renxue’s possessive thoughts.
• Strength and vulnerability: Even elite fighters like Zhang Lexuan are vulnerable when facing a group whose power and numbers overwhelm her.

Plot and key events

• Sun Menghan and his fellow Body Sect disciples try to take Chen An from Zhang Lexuan. Xuan Zi arrives in response to Zhang Lexuan’s emergency signal and breaks Sun Menghan’s leg with a tossed chicken bone, then pins the group down with his overwhelming pressure.
• Recognizing Xuan Zi as Shrek Academy’s peak-level Super Douluo, the Body Sect disciples retreat after he spares them for the sake of their sect master, Du Busi.
• Zhang Lexuan explains how she found Chen An and Ren Xue during a mission and how a soul-beast rampage forced her to call for help. Xuan Zi is impressed by the two prodigies, especially Chen An.
• Chen An displays his true-self martial soul. Xuan Zi discovers its rare physical and mental attributes and concludes that Chen An has the potential to become a Limit Douluo. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm secretly masks Chen An’s even greater mental power during the examination.
• Delighted by the prospect of a successor to Elder Mu, Xuan Zi takes Chen An to Shrek Academy.
• Three days later, at the Body Sect, Du Busi hears Sun Menghan’s account and angrily declares that Xuan Zi has bullied his sect.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuan Zi shifts from casual, mocking confidence while dealing with the Body Sect disciples to intense excitement upon discovering Chen An’s potential. He sees the child as a possible future pillar of Shrek.
• Chen An is surprised by Xuan Zi’s swift arrival and realizes he may still end up at Shrek rather than the Body Sect. He obeys Xuan Zi’s request to reveal his martial soul, despite being put off by the elder’s greasy, intrusive manner.
• Qian Renxue is wary of Xuan Zi’s formidable presence and carefully maintains her disguise to conceal her Six-Winged Angel martial soul. She reflects on how dramatically Shrek has grown since the era she remembers.
• Zhang Lexuan is relieved to be rescued and gives Xuan Zi a full account of events, helping bring Chen An’s unusual talent to Shrek’s attention.
• Sun Menghan and his companions go from attempting to seize the children to fearful submission once they recognize Xuan Zi. Their retreat sets up Du Busi’s anger.

Significant themes

• Power and restraint: Xuan Zi effortlessly defeats the Body Sect juniors but lets them go, choosing not to abuse his strength.
• Talent and responsibility: Chen An’s potential offers Shrek hope of surviving the eventual loss of Elder Mu, making his discovery significant beyond his personal future.
• Concealed identity: Qian Renxue hides her true martial soul, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm conceals part of Chen An’s abilities.
• Rivalry and pride: Shrek Academy and the Body Sect’s hostility persists, as Du Busi interprets Xuan Zi’s actions as an insult to his sect.

Key plot points and events

• Body Sect scout Sun Menghan reports that Shrek’s Xuan Zi injured him and took Chen An, whose martial soul is a rare “true self” body martial soul.
• Sect Master Du Busi and Grand Elder Jinpeng are outraged. Du declares Chen An a Body Sect disciple by right and orders the sect to march on Shrek Academy.
• The Body Sect’s elders debate negotiation versus force, but Du settles the matter with a call to attack. The assembled disciples enthusiastically pledge to “smash Shrek Academy.”
• At Shrek, six-year-old Qian Renxue studies the continent’s history and learns how its empires and power structures have changed over ten thousand years.
• She concludes that powerful sects—not the imperial families—remain the continent’s real rulers. She sees the era’s disorder as an opportunity to rebuild Spirit Hall, gain faith, and pursue godhood.
• As Qian Renxue resolves to follow this path, someone approaches and addresses her as Xiao Xue.

Character developments

• Du Busi shifts from anger at Sun Menghan’s injury to a forceful campaign against Shrek, framing the conflict as both a matter of retrieving Chen An and defending the Body Sect’s honor.
• Jinpeng is excited by Chen An’s talent, then alarmed to learn Shrek has taken him.
• Qian Renxue demonstrates patience and intellectual curiosity through her study, then turns her historical understanding into a bold personal ambition: restore Spirit Hall and ascend to godhood.

Character interactions

• Du Busi intimidates Sun Menghan, then has him recount his report to Jinpeng.
• Jinpeng aggressively questions Sun Menghan about Chen An, but learns that Xuan Zi has already taken the boy.
• The Body Sect elders argue among themselves before accepting Du Busi’s decision to attack Shrek.
• Qian Renxue’s thoughts are interrupted by an unidentified visitor who gently taps her shoulder.

Significant themes

• Honor, belonging, and power: The Body Sect treats Chen An’s martial soul as making him one of their own and views Shrek’s actions as an insult.
• Strength and political influence: The chapter emphasizes that sects hold more real power than the empires they ostensibly support.
• Ambition amid chaos: Qian Renxue sees the continent’s wars and suffering not only as tragedy but as a chance to reshape the world.
• Knowledge as preparation: Her study of history helps her understand the present and imagine a path to power.

Key plot points and events

• In Shrek Academy’s library, Chen An surprises Qian Renxue, who has been studying there for three days. She asks about his absence, and he explains that he was on Sea God Island—the academy’s Inner Court.
• Chen An describes the island’s beautiful grounds and enormous golden tree, then tells her he learned Shrek’s meditation method from Zhang Lexuan. The method is reportedly thirty percent more efficient than the version used ten thousand years earlier.
• Qian Renxue is impressed and begins learning the method from Chen An, privately resolving to study Shrek’s strengths and eventually use them against the academy.
• Meanwhile, the Sea God Pavilion holds a meeting led by the frail-looking but immensely powerful Mu En. Xuan Zi reports on Chen An, describing his true self martial soul and extraordinary physique and spiritual power, which already rival those of a three-ring Soul Elder despite his low cultivation.
• The elders are astonished. Yan Shaozhe argues that Chen An belongs in the Martial Soul Department, while Xian Lin’er claims he would be ideal for the Soul Tool Department.

Character developments and interactions

• Qian Renxue continues her covert, strategic approach: she eagerly learns Shrek’s techniques not out of loyalty, but to turn the academy’s own advantages against it.
• Chen An acts as her friendly instructor, casually sharing the meditation method because it is open to Inner Court members.
• Xuan Zi is unusually serious during the meeting and openly enthusiastic about Chen An’s potential, predicting he may become a Limit Douluo.
• The academy’s leaders immediately compete over which department should educate Chen An, revealing how valuable they believe he is.

Significant themes

• Learning as both growth and strategy: The same knowledge can serve personal development or be used against its source.
• Talent and institutional rivalry: Chen An’s exceptional abilities provoke awe and competition within Shrek.
• The advancement of cultivation: Shrek’s improved meditation method highlights how techniques evolve and compound their benefits over time.